While Obama is scheduled to conduct the annual Thanksgiving pardoning of two turkeys this afternoon, news organizations are drawing comparisons to other kinds of pardons.

NPR News cited one study comparing recent presidents on the number of pardons granted in relation to those rejected:

Ronald Reagan: 1 in 8

George H.W. Bush: 1 in 19

Bill Clinton: 1 in 16

George W. Bush: 1 in 55

Barack Obama: 1 in 290

White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said, "President Obama takes his constitutional power to grant clemency very seriously, and each recommendation received from the Department of Justice is carefully reviewed and evaluated on the merits."